Posts in Personal Life

San Francisco

I’m flying down to San Francisco tomorrow for a nice, long relaxing weekend (Friday afternoon to Tuesday morning). Napa, fireworks, my birthday, Helen, how could it possibly be better? ;-) My boss, Jason, burst into my office this afternoon askin...

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Tech Ed Was a Blast

I had a terrific time at Tech Ed in Orlando last week, although I’m afraid that my liver is a bit under the weather now. I’m not going to bother rehashing the million other things that have already been said about it, except to plug the podcast vi...

Civil Liberties

I made a donation just now to the ACLU. Although I have always supported them in spirit, I decided now was a perfect opportunity to support them financially. I make more than enough money to support causes dedicated to–among other causes–Gay and L...

Quitting Smoking

May 14 2005.

Minneapolis, Doncha Know

Justin CJ asked me to post my travel schedule on my blog so he could keep track of it :) I am heading back to Minneapolis this coming Wednesday, April 13 until Sunday. Next up, I’ll be in Orlando from June 5 - 10 for Tech Ed 2005. After that, I...

Stef' Silly Survey

My friend Stef filled out this silly collection of information about herself on her LiveJournal and I’m going to do the same. Name: Aaron Brethorst Age: 22 Gender: Male Birthday: July 4 Zodiac: Cancer, duh. Height: 6 feet, thanks. hai...

Circumstance

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. Bruce Barton I’ve seen this many times before, but it really caught me for the first time just now. Words to l...

It' Official, Life' Weird

I haven’t seen my friend, Hannah Baines, in about 18 months. We got together tonight for a drink at the Kitty Kat Club, one of my favorite places to chill when I’m back in the land of Snow and Purple Rain. I walk in and notice a couple people who ...

Life Happens

Today’s been one of those days best summarized by a list. Nothing very exciting or prose-worthy occurred today. Woke up late, slept for something on the order of 12 hours. I’m finally starting to feel like more than a code-hacking, UI-designin...